This week, I’m First! and Strive for College hosted its 5th chat in a two month long series of YouTube Live Chats with College Partners. In these chats, colleges and universities discuss information about their schools, talk about the great programs available for...

If I were to describe myself, the first quality that comes to mind is introvert. While I am very open with my friends, getting to a point of friendship with new people that I meet is a bit difficult. Coming into college, the only people that I got to know somewhat...

So I am writing this from the comfort of my house, now that finals have concluded. I could not help thinking something on my way back from this hard semester. Thriving does not always mean happy, but being perseverant. Aside from overloading myself with 5 courses, 3...

Around this time of the year, a lot of high school seniors are probably working on finishing or still stressing about the college application process. I was one of those people who was in the boat of stressing about my writing supplements, standardized test, and how...

After a frustrating encounter at the student bookstore with book buybacks that happen at the end of each semester, I was advised to bring the books back at the end of spring semester to get more back on them. Books are selected by the college in terms of what’s...